Policy, Research & Politics
Country radio consultant: 'If you want to make ratings in country radio, take females out'
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- Tuesday, 16 June 2015
A country radio consultant has ignited a war of words among musicians and fans for referring to female musicians as "the tomatoes of our salad," and suggesting that stations play fewer records by female artists if they want to improve their ratings.
Morocco: The musicians fighting back against extremism
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- Tuesday, 16 June 2015
Morocco's Gnawa festival attracts hundreds of thousands of people - but it's about more than music and colour.
Le marché mondial de la gestion collective des droits voisins
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- Tuesday, 16 June 2015
Il y a dans le monde un déficit de droits voisins.
Ces droits, dans le domaine musical, sont destinés a compenser les artistes interprètes ainsi que les producteurs des enregistrements lorsque ces oeuvres sont diffusées.
New music needs curators
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- Tuesday, 16 June 2015
At a time when the definition of curation is expanding rapidly, stretching from professionals in galleries, to curating your Google profile, to "tossers making a cup of tea," there remains a lack of genuine curators and curatorial thought in the field of new music.
Nigeria: African Music Growth Must Benefit Larger Society
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- Monday, 01 June 2015
Despite the present boom in the culture and music industries of Africa, the major challenge facing the industries remains how to find ways to sustain the growth and spread the benefits to larger layers of the society through significant job creation and poverty alleviation.
British songwriters body BASCA takes aim at Google and SoundCloud
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- Monday, 01 June 2015
Chairman tells internet firms 'you are undermining the value of our music' as well as making it harder for licensed streaming services to survive.
Egypt: Ministry of Education bans ‘Mahrajant’ folkloric music at schools
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- Monday, 01 June 2015
Dr Nesrin Helmy, assistant to the Minister for extracurricular activities, stated that the instructive letter bans using so called 'Mahrajant songs',as an educational tool at schools in all the Republic's educational institutions in all grades.
The 4th Pan-African Cultural Congress
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- Monday, 01 June 2015
The participants highlighted the need for Africa to put an end to the suppression of cultural expression of one group by another and for African culture to be domesticated where other cultures tend to dominate in African communities.
He was the saviour of Afghan music. Then a Taliban bomb took his hearing
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- Monday, 01 June 2015
When musicologist Ahmad Sarmast's pioneering institute – open to girls and boys, women and men from all backgrounds – became a target, it nearly cost him his life. But the attack has only made him more determined.
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